Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship

March 13, 2013

Two life sciences companies that are commercializing Purdue University innovations can receive up to $250,000 in investments from the Emerging Innovations Fund, an evergreen fund created to accelerate the commercialization of early-stage discoveries.
Medtric Biotech LLC received $100,000 and Microfluidic Innovations LLC received $75,000 with a potential to receive an additional $75,000 if certain performance milestones are met. The Emerging Innovations Fund is the source of investment funds that are recommended by graduate and undergraduate Purdue students in the Student Managed Venture Fund, an experiential learning course that involves a partnership between the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship and the Purdue Research Foundation.

February 24, 2015

This Wednesday, February 25, representatives of VisionTech Partners and VisionTech Angels will travel to West Lafayette to participate in Purdue University’s faculty “Pitch Day,” part of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy. Our role: to serve as technology commercialization and business start-up experts for the ten Purdue faculty members who will pitch their ideas.